Photos: Jobs that may ruin your sleep

Photos.com, canada.com11.15.2010

Feeling stressed? Or are you just asleep at your desk ... you're not alone. Take a look at a few of the world's worst jobs for getting sleep.

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Air traffic controller: Having hundreds of lives in your control at a time as a plane prepares for landing? No biggie. Doing said heroic job requirement during the night shift. Horrible. Shift workers such as air traffic controllers often have their internal body clock -- often called circadian rhythms – knocked off track by the re-occurring change in work hours.File
/ Google image

Network administrator – The 24/7, 365-day Internet culture has spawned a new sector of round-the-clock workers. Network administrators man the battlefronts to ensure web customers can surf, shop and chat without disruption. And while web surfing may go on uninterrupted, these employees' sleep schedules can get seriously off track.Handout
/ Gemcom

Health care workers – Nurses, care aids and doctors often work 12-hour rotating shifts in order to fulfill the demands of their endless stream of patients. Research suggests people tend to be less alert and focused during the last four hours of a 12-hour shift, which can be worrisome in the health care sector.Ward Perrin
/ PNG

Pilot – Shuttling travelers around the world is a big job – one that can often lead to lack of sleep. The issue of pilot fatigue was again thrust into the public conscious when a 2011 Air Canada accident was attributed to a sleepy pilot. While the FAA in the U.S. observes strict guidelines on flight time and rest time (In the 24 hours before completing a flight, pilots must have at least eight hours of uninterrupted rest) Canadian regulations are not as strict. Air Canada pilots reportedly require a third pilot in the cockpit only if the maximum flight time is more than nine hours and pilots are on duty for more than 11 hours at a time, according to a report by the Transportation Safety Board.Mark Ralston
/ AFP/Getty Images

Truck driver – Car/truck crashes are one of the top causes of work-related deaths in North America, and drowsy driving is often a factor,, according to reports. Driver fatigue is reportedly linked to 15-20 per cent of all commercial freight crashes, according to a recent study. Transport Canada regulations dictate a truck driver must not drive after accumulating 13 hours of driving time, 14 hours of on-duty time, or 16 hours must be followed by at least eight hours of time off-duty.Rick Collins
/ Special to the Sun

Management – Your boss’s bad attitude could be more than a power trip. Perhaps the stress of the ‘team environment’ is getting to them. Irritability is one of the most-often experienced symptoms of fatigue, according to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.Handout
/ Lionsgate

News reporters – Walk into virtually any newsroom and you’ll find buckets of coffee, piles of paper and the relentless click-clack of computer keys. With news happening 24-hours a day, the idea that ‘news never sleeps’ has never been more literal. Three out of 10 employed Canadians work some type of shift, according to StatCan data … meaning this on-the-job fatigue is felt in the newsroom, and beyond.Ric Ernst
/ PNG

Police officer – Similar to news, crime runs round the clock. In a January 2009 report by the National Institute of Justice titled “Impact of Sleep Deprivation on Police Performance,” 53% of officers reported an average of 6.5 hours of sleep or less. Despite this lack of sleep, many officers reported working in excess of 1,000 hours of overtime a year, worked double shifts, triple shifts, and even held second jobs.Ward Perrin
/ PNG

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